#Sean and Dean I am gnawing on your furniture

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Thanks for tagging me in this! (And sorry for taking so long to respond!) Going back to the etymology of “redacted” is really neat, and I think the interpretation you found could fit with the rest of the poem. I think the only thing I could add to that is whether the “redacted” bit is the next line, or whether it’s covering the next line. Looking at this in the context of a lot of the other cryptic tweets, the Kiners do use “redacted” in a little square to cover things up. But looking at it in the context of the other little mini text that’s been making up the rest of this poem, it could be more relevant to what the line actually is, since they haven’t been covering those mini lines up. So it could go either way. (Though honestly, I want “bring me back” to be the next line. I really, really want that to be next.”) (Some attempts at analysis below the cut):

Looking at the rest of the poem, one minor thing I did find is that the third line reads, “My words can’t reach you,” instead of “My words cannot reach you,” which doesn’t make any difference to the meaning whatsoever, of course, but does make a difference to the rhythm of how the lines scan. So you have:

1. Can you hear me? - Four syllables, all one syllable words, all unstressed. I think.

2. I’m down here at the bottom. - Seven syllables, two anapestic feet with the stresses on “here” and the first syllable of “bottom.” (Again, I think—it depends on if you read “here” as stressed or not stressed. I just always read it as stressed for some reason.

3. My words can’t reach you - Five syllables, all one syllable words, all unstressed.

4. And you can’t reach me - Five syllables, all one syllable words, all unstressed again.

5. But you are with me - Same as the previous line, so theres a pattern.

6. Here at the bottom - Five syllables still, but three unstressed, one stressed, one unstressed, so a small break in the pattern.

7. At the end - Three syllables, and it’s either all unstressed again, or there is a stress on “end” and it’s an anapestic foot like back in the second line. This line reads to me as unfinished, but I’m not sure if it’s going to follow the five syllable pattern of the previous four lines, meaning that we need another two syllables; or if it’s going to return to the meter of the second line and have two loose (really loose, because I’m still not sure if “here” and “end” should be stressed) anapestic feet followed by one unstressed syllable, meaning we need another four.

I’m also kind of wondering if “Can you hear me?” Is intended as a line of the poem, or if it’s the title, because it doesn’t really fit with the rhythm of any of the other lines. I’m leaning towards title at this point, but I don’t know.

Either way, I agree with @eriexplosion in this post that it reads like lyrics to a song, especially since it’s coming from two of the series composers. I don’t know if it’s something that will actually end up on the soundtrack, or if it’s lyrics the Kiners wrote to one of the instrumental pieces but won’t ever show up on either the soundtrack or the show.

As far as who the “I” in the poem is, I’ve seen a lot of people guessing it’s Crosshair, and other people guessing it’s Omega. It’s maybe too early to say, depending on how much more there is of this, but I think it’s probably both, and that in both cases the “you” of the poem is referring to Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, and Echo. Omega and Crosshair have kind of been set up as sort of parallel foils to one another, where on the one hand they are emotional foils, but on the other hand their experiences and places on the teams directly parallel on another. This could be either of their mindsets at different points in their lives.

For Omega, this could be her thoughts back before the series started, stuck in Nala Se’s lab in the lower levels of Tipoca City, separated from her brothers and unable to reach them, but always carrying them in her memory until she’s able to reunite with them. For Crosshair, this could kind of be him at any point in the series so far—him stuck as a prisoner in his own head and out of his family’s reach because of the chip, being stuck at the bottom of the ocean in Kamino and out of reach because he’s put himself out of reach and won’t listen; or in The Outpost, at his lowest point and physically and emotionally separated from his family, but still feeling their presences through Mayday.

Whatever it is, though, I think it’ll start to be clearer as the Kiners more lines and we get closer to the end of the series. The fact they do stuff like this is honestly really fun!

@phis-writing NEVERMIND WHAT I SAID ABOUT NO CRYPTIC TWEETS

WTF IS THIS KEVIN??? REDACTED???

For context, this is what the rest of the memes have said 👇

I think I'm losing my mind 😵‍💫